heirloom grains
Ancestral crop varieties
Heirloom grains are varieties of wheat, barley, oats, and other cereals that predate modern industrial agriculture—cultivated for generations before twentieth-century breeding programs optimized for yield and uniformity.
They include ancient grains like spelt, emmer, and einkorn.
Enthusiasts prize them for distinctive flavors and nutritional profiles: The bakery uses only heirloom grains in their sourdough.
- ancientVery old indeed
- old worldEvoking earlier times
- wheatCereal crop for flour
- speltHulled wheat species
- emmerPrimitive hulled wheat species
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